MK Urgently Recalls Double Sockets Over ‘High Fire Risk’

Electrical News Weekly

MK has urgently recalled 37 versions of its Essentials double socket range over a high risk of fire…
…a contractor is fined £100,000 after a solar panel installer falls through a skylight…
… and it’s revealed that 80 per cent of electricians have had electric shocks despite all the safety procedures…
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Show Notes
MK socket recall 👉 https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6751edf819e0c816d18d1e3b/2411-0130-product-safety-report-3-pin-socket-with-switches.pdf
Solar panel fire research 👉 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/2885/1/012047/pdf
Safe Isolation training 👉 https://www.efixx.co.uk/Know%20How/introduction-to-safe-isolation-cpd
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Time Stamps ⏱
00:00 Electrical News Weekly 16/12/24
00:52 Mk urgently recalls 37 socket versions
01:56 Contractor fined after installer falls through skylight
03:52 Storm Darragh devastates UK's biggest solar farm
04:27 Study finds solar panels can accelerate spread of fire
05:00 Risk assessment of home battery packs
05:35 Europes biggest EV charging centre set to be in Manchester
06:10 Loophole allowing dangerous EV charger locations
07:04 8/10 electricians have suffered electric shocks
08:05 A breakthrough in battery technology
09:22 Thanks to our premium partners
09:55 Challenge words and winners
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